Oatmeal Heaven
If I had to choose one food in the world to eat for the rest of my life, it would be... OATMEAL! I love the stuff! It's so versatile, meaning it will taste like what you add to it, and it's all warm, so I always feel better after eating it (especially after a long stressful day). Actually, for me oatmeal has a lot of uses: breakfast, comfort food, pre-workout, pre-drinking, post-drinking, digestion aider, or as an energy-upper. Plus it's cheap! However, I understand that not everyone (haha actually most people) has the same undying adoration I have for the stuff. But that's ok! Oatmeal can be daunting if you don't know what to add to it. But, it is such a nutritional powerhouse (many atimes listed as a "Top 10 healthiest food") that it can't hurt to include in your diet. I'll have many posts on oatmeal recipes, but here's a few to start that might just get you to like oatmeal:
(NOTE: I use regular Old Fashioned Quaker Oats. You can still cook in the microwave, it just takes 2 / 2.5 min and consitent stirring. It comes out much thicker and um natural tasting than even instant plain oatmeal)
(NOTE 2: I list all recipes using non fat milk, because when I have milk that is the way I prefer it... but I just as often cook with just water. It still tastes great! Less creamy and thick though. 1% works well also and so does Vanilla or Plain soymilk!)
(NOTE 3: I use splenda. Usually one or 2 pckts. Yes, I love the taste of oatmeal... but in my opinion, it needs a little "somthing". And Splenda gives it that. I am trying to limit myself to only packet per recipe, but sometimes, it just needs a little more sweet to it!)
REGULAR OATMEAL:
- 1/4 c oatmeal
- 1/2 c nf milk
- 1 tbsp of ground flax seed
- 1 splenda (2 if you use soymilk)
*add all before microwave
(I only had Soymilk in my fridge!)
SUPPER NUTTY OATMEAL:
- 1/4 c oatmeal
- 1/2 c nf milk
- 2 tbsp of ground flax seed
- 1 tbsp of chopped almonds (*I take slivered almonds and break them up into pieces)
- cinnamon to taste
- 2 splenda
*add almonds and cinnamon after microwave
**This is a super super filling recipe!
Nutrition: 255 calories, 12 g of protein, 27 g of carbs, 7.4 g of fiber, 12 g of fat (5 polyunsat and 4.6 monosat --> those healthy omega-3s)
BANANA NUT
- 1/3 c oatmeal
- 2/3 c nf milk
- 1/2 banana cut into 1/2 slices
- 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
- 1/2 or 1 tbsp chopped almonds
- 1 or 2 splenda
*add 1/4 of the banana before cooking, and the other half and seeds after wards
**When people think of banana nut, they think of walnuts, but surprisingly, sunflower seeds taste great with banana! This is a very thick, more desserty- type oatmeal (def higher carb) This is the oatmeal that got me hooked- it was so delicious that I wouldn't snack at night just so I could have this in the morning!!
Nutrition: 303 Calories, 13 g of protein, 43 g of carbs, 6 g of fiber, 13 g of fat
That's enough for now! More to come soon. What's your favorite Oatmeal combo?
2 comments:
its interesting to me to here you talk about foods that i have never heard of.I dont think we have the quaker oats here in australia,but i have heard other people form the u.s mention them.good for you for choosing healthy choices for yourself
I saw your post at the Sparkpeople forum. I'm a big fan of oatmeal, too, I always have oatmeal for breakfast. I live in Spain, and we have Quaker here, I bought that brand for a long time in the past. Then I changed for an organic oatmeal brand when I started to add more organic food to our diet. Right now I buy organic oats because this Summer I bought a small hand mill for grain flakes, and I grind my oats in a minute every morning. I read that this way you get much more nutrients from the grain. I also wanted to tell you that I don't cook my oatmeal, just leave it soak for 10 minutes in almond milk or rice milk while I do my morning exercise. It is just as creamy and smooth, and does not lose any enzymes by cooking.
I see you also use ground flax seeds, they are great! I sometimes add sesame seeds to my morning bowl, and always add some fresh or dried fruits. I think we have the best breakfast in the world :)
Eva
http://gethealthier.blogspot.com
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